Σύννομοι

consorts, partners

Translated by Catharine Roth5 Jan 2014Vetting: high1 revision

1 note · 15 words

[Meaning] siblings¹ or wives. "Their consorts always go forth for the outside nourishment of life."

Greek original · Adler’s text

Σύννομοι· ἀδελφοὶ ἢ γυναῖκες. αἱ σύννομοι τὰ ἔξω βίου τροφεῖα πορσύνουσ' ἀεί.

Betacode

*su/nnomoi: a)delfoi\ h)\ gunai=kes. ai( su/nnomoi ta\ e)/cw bi/ou trofei=a porsu/nous' a)ei/.

Notes (1)

Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 340-1 (about gender roles in Egypt), with scholion.
1Adler follows the mss in printing 'brothers', adelphoi, while noting that Aemilius Portus (edition of 1630) preferred 'sisters', adelphai, as in the scholion. ↩

Linked from1 entry

σ1596Σύννομεpartner, consortAs [sc. a woman] sharing in the same life-style and the same pasture [nomh/]. This [is said] as in reference to birds. The hoopoe says this to the nightingale.

Neighbouring entries

σ1597Συννόμωνof ashlar [ones]σ1598Συνόμοσις Συνωμοσίαconspiracy σ1599Σύννομοιconsorts, partners σ1600Συνορίαsharing a boundary, border-land σ1601Συνουσίαintercourse; party

Revision history1 revision · last 6 Jan 2014

6 Jan 2014more keywords; tweaking — David Whitehead
5 Jan 2014Translated — Catharine Roth